Ray perturbation theory and the Born approximation

DOI10.1111/J.1365-246X.1990.TB00692.XzbMath0692.73030OpenAlexW2006204641WikidataQ107112385 ScholiaQ107112385MaRDI QIDQ3034941

C. H. Chapman, R. T. Coates

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Geophysical Journal International (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.1990.tb00692.x

zbMATH Keywords

focusingasymptotic ray seriesBorn scattering formalismeffects of a slowness perturbation on body and surface wavefieldsgeometrical ray effectspropagator formalismray bendingsmoothly varying inhomogeneous elastic reference mediumsymplectic symmetry of the ray equationstraveltime perturbation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bulk waves in solid mechanics (74J10) Surface waves in solid mechanics (74J15) Seismology (including tsunami modeling), earthquakes (86A15) Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Waves in solid mechanics (74J99)

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